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Sunday, June 29, 2025
On Wednesday, students dressed formally and ritual clowns of various cultures could be seen performing a ritual in front of the Alumni Tower. This experiential learning activity is tied to Anthropology 365: Religion, Magic, and Myth. The idea was to get students to understand what it takes to organize a […]
The Theta Xi fraternity was awarded with four honors from their Grand Lodge in St. Louis, MO. The awards were for outstanding performance in the school year of 1999-2000. The two most prestigious acknowledgments were designated as “Benchmarks of Excellence.” These included a First Place award for demonstrating outstanding operations […]
The Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award was announced Friday, April 27, at the General Faculty Meeting and Awards Convocation in Coulter Recital Hall. Chancellor Bardo also announced several other awards given this year to faculty and administrative staff. The nominees for the teaching award were James Costa, assistant professor of biology; […]
Cullowhee experienced its first taste of men’s club soccer last weekend as the Catamounts final match of the semester saw UNC Greensboro make the trip to WCU. The achievement of the Cat’s first home game was a testament to the efforts of officers of the student run club and a […]
When I was in High School and Chancellor Bardo, who was then in his first year here at Western, came to speak at my school, I was pretty impressed. He talked about all the wonderful changes that WCU was going to implement to make it a better and more efficient […]
In light of all the recent negative media attention given to the campus dining services, I would be grateful if you would publish this editorial in the upcoming issue of the Western Carolinian. It is a sad commentary on human nature that no matter how good things are in the […]
To the editor: This is for all of my fellow students and other concerned people in the area. What I want to ask you is do you listen to the radio? If your answer was yes, then my next question is which radio station do you listen to? The response […]
Western Carolina University’s Catamount Club will hold its annual Athletic Scholarship Auction at the Speedway Club at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in the Charlotte area on Saturday, June 2. The auction has become the cornerstone event in Catamount Club efforts to raise funds to provide athletic scholarships for men and women […]
Western Carolina University will bestow an honorary doctorate on a longtime public health leader and recognize a business and community leader with a major alumni award when the university holds spring commencement exercises on Saturday, May 12. Commencement will begin at 2pm in the Liston B. Ramsey Regional Activity Center. […]
Let me first begin by saying that I’m not here to really argue about who the true brothers of Lambda Chi Alpha are, or who was responsible for the closing of the chapter. I just want to set the record straight about some of the things that our distinguished alumnus […]
